Sudoku

[QueenAdrock]

I can't stop playing it. I don't even really like it that much, but I can't stop playing it.

www.sudoku.com

They have a whole month's free trial too. Jesus. :(

[kleptomaniac]

it's in the paper too....but i prefer doing the word jumble....:)

[Freebasser]

The puzzle equivalent of the X factor.

Overrated, lacking in substance and fucking everywhere.

[QueenAdrock]

Yeah I know. It's become Spider Solitaire for me. I've got work to do, and I just can't work because there it is, sitting on my desktop, telling me to play. And when I am playing, I'm thinking "God this is so fucking stupid. Why can't I stop. I'm not even having fun." I think it's that way with a lot of solve-it-yourself puzzles. They're brainteasers and don't add to my enjoyment value.

[Freebasser]

Haha spider solitaire - will you ever let me finish my thesis?

[TAL]

Count Dooku

[jabumbo]

you are such a nerd

[ToucanSpam]

Count Dooku
Darth Tyrannus

[Documad]

The puzzles have been in Dell puzzle magazines for decades. They're so easy that I could do them as a girl. Why do they suddenly have a new name, and why are they popular? wtf? :confused:

[Bob]

They're so easy

there's your answer. everybody likes to be a winner

[Ace42X]

They have been in the guardian for yonks (first UK periodical to carry them) and the difficulty is directly proportionate to the number of numbers pre-given. Go! Sudoku on the PSP is a damn good engine for it.

[Documad]

So they're for people who can't work a proper crossword but want to feel smart? A-ha!

[tracky]

My dad does these. I got really annoyed watching him doing them, knowing that the solution was arrived at by nothing more than simple routine, so I wrote a little macro for excel that solves them for him and showed him how stupid they are. He still does them, in fact I think he's even got a book of them now :rolleyes:

[QueenAdrock]

So they're for people who can't work a proper crossword but want to feel smart? A-ha!

Exactly. Someone wrote in to our school newspaper, saying they were crossword-retarded, and thanked them for the addition of a new game.

[Documad]

QA -- I think you're awesome and I was in no way implying that you are retarded. I can only work the easy crosswords, and I often need the help of a crossword dictionary. :o

[QueenAdrock]

Haha, no I think it's a retarded game too. I just can't stop playing it. It's one of those "Holy shit what am I doing" things that you can't stop because stopping = facing schoolwork.

[Documad]

When facing schoolwork, I always reorganized my books and music collection. Laundry is also good.

[jabumbo]

i think of it more along the lines of a word fill in than a crossword


because all it takes is logic to work out. its not like you need to know what the clues mean (i always get stuck on crosswords for that reason)

[voltanapricot]

I had to do some sudokus in this psychology experiment and thats where I started. I got so into it I stayed way after the experiment was over because I am a pleb like that.